hospitality

Broker's Calls

3 non-office REITs to tide investors through an uncertain 2019: OCBC

SINGAPORE (Mar 12): OCBC Investment Research is maintaining “neutral” on the Singapore REIT (S-REIT) sector with a preference for retail and hospitality REITs over their office counterparts for their comparatively conservative asset valuations.

Broker's Calls

OCBC keeps 'overweight' on Singapore hospitality sector as REITs rally

SINGAPORE (Feb 7): OCBC Investment Research is maintaining “overweight” on Singapore’s hospitality space as the sector’s REITs – namely CDL Hospitality Trusts (CDL HT), Ascott Residence Trust (ART) and Far East Hospitality Trust (FEHT) – rally

Broker's Calls

2019 will be a good year for hospitality, but risks from trade tensions remain: OCBC

SINGAPORE (Jan 16): OCBC Investment Research is maintaining “overweight” on Singapore’s hospitality sector as it sees value in some of the hospitality REITs under its coverage at their current unit prices.

Property

Private previews held this week for SC Global's upcoming luxury development project in Niseko, Japan

SINGAPORE (Nov 29): SC Global Developments has launched a luxury hotel apartment residence in Niseko, Japan, beginning with private previews conducted in Singapore this week, with previews in Niseko officially starting in early Dec.

Broker's Calls

Improving margins, revaluation gains to give Amara a near-term leg up: RHB

SINGAPORE (Nov 14): RHB Research is maintaining its “buy” call on Amara Holdings with an 88-cent target price after the hotel and property group’s 3Q18 results came in line with the research house’s expectations with a net profit of $2.5 million.

M&A

Naumi acquires two hotels in New Zealand for redevelopment

SINGAPORE (Nov 5): Naumi Hotels has acquired two hotels in Wellington, New Zealand – namely Comfort Hotel Wellington at Cuba Street and Quality Hotel Wellington along Dunlop Street – as part of the Singapore-based private hotel owner’s expansion pla

Startups, Entrepreneurs, Digital economy

Klook receives $273 mil in fresh funding, says on track to achieve billion-dollar mark in bookings this year

SINGAPORE (Aug 7): Travel services booking platform Klook has closed US$200 million ($273.1 million) in Series D funding, bringing the company’s total financing to date to US$300 million.

Property

Hatten to develop $67 mil water themepark at Harbour City@Melaka

SINGAPORE (Aug 7): Hatten Land intends to jointly build a RM200 million ($67 million) water themepark in Melaka, Malaysia, in collaboration with resort operator Samsung C&T Corp and Polin Waterparks, the designer and installer of water slides.

Broker's Calls

5 defensive S-REITs to consider as hospitality industry outlook clouds

SINGAPORE (July 31): OCBC Investment Research is maintaining “neutral” on Singapore REITs (S-REITs) with a weaker outlook for the hospitality sub-sector, which has prompted a pushback in expectations for a pick-up in Singapore hotel RevPAR this year t
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